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shallownessBelatedly,
Ghosts 5.5 Carpe Diem
They’re ramping up the poignancy now! If I had a minor quibble, it was that Alison was totally unaware of what the ghosts were going through and was absent as they waited for midnight. But then, her and Mike’s attempt to turn back time a little and have one last night of partying (doomed to fail) was thematically on point, and the viewers knew before they did what the ending would be. (I love the show for always slipping in a Mike POV shot, where it was just him and Alison line dancing.)
I don’t think I ever bought Robin’s ‘maffs’ because it seemed like moving on was always after some emotional catharsis, but I speculated if it were to happen, it’d be Humphrey or the plague victims, the most marginal characters, both of which were confirmed didn’t happen. Although every ghost went on to have their own journey, except perhaps Pat and Kitty (Atomic Kitty!!!) it was the Captain, for whom we now have a name, whose death story was told. Obviously, it was about making stiff upper lips tremble, but I wondered if they’d always had this death story in mind, specifically because his honours were upside down (or if that had been a retconned mistake?) So, we now know his first name is James, and he too died an ignominious death. And gulp, we now know more or less how they all died.
I chuckled a lot throughout.
Ghosts 5.5 Carpe Diem
They’re ramping up the poignancy now! If I had a minor quibble, it was that Alison was totally unaware of what the ghosts were going through and was absent as they waited for midnight. But then, her and Mike’s attempt to turn back time a little and have one last night of partying (doomed to fail) was thematically on point, and the viewers knew before they did what the ending would be. (I love the show for always slipping in a Mike POV shot, where it was just him and Alison line dancing.)
I don’t think I ever bought Robin’s ‘maffs’ because it seemed like moving on was always after some emotional catharsis, but I speculated if it were to happen, it’d be Humphrey or the plague victims, the most marginal characters, both of which were confirmed didn’t happen. Although every ghost went on to have their own journey, except perhaps Pat and Kitty (Atomic Kitty!!!) it was the Captain, for whom we now have a name, whose death story was told. Obviously, it was about making stiff upper lips tremble, but I wondered if they’d always had this death story in mind, specifically because his honours were upside down (or if that had been a retconned mistake?) So, we now know his first name is James, and he too died an ignominious death. And gulp, we now know more or less how they all died.
I chuckled a lot throughout.
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Date: 2023-12-01 07:02 am (UTC)I never watched Babylon 5. The sci fi TV show of my heart is Farscape, did you watch that?
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Date: 2023-12-01 08:41 pm (UTC)Yes I will watch Star Trek if it's on but I won't rush to watch new series or whatever. There are so many new series of Star Trek now, I can't keep up with them all 😣
Babylon 5 is well worth watching if you get the chance. Amazing world-building and plot arcs in that show. I may have watched one episode of Farscape once, I should watch it from the start to get the full effect shouldn't I...Farscape is the one that was based on Blake's 7 from the 1970s, I read, do you know if that's true?
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Date: 2023-12-02 08:37 am (UTC)Agreed. I watched the first episode of Discovery, then found it difficult to watch the next, gave it up without too much regret and that's at least three Star Trek series ago.
I'll add Babylon 5 to the list.
I don't remember Farscape being based on Blake's 7, exactly, but I think the consensus is B7 was an influence on it.
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Date: 2023-12-02 12:32 pm (UTC)I think the first series of Babylon 5 is a bit confusing but please stick with it and you will be rewarded.
Ah maybe that was it about Farscape/Blake's 7. So many shows are based on other shows, it's all hard to work out and probably doesn't really matter does it 😋